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No automotive vehicle should have autopilot installed. It's too dangerous.
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No too dangerous
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Ideally, yes - but - autopilot for vehicles "isn't ready for prime time" yet. They're working on it, and maybe by 2030 they'll actually have it. Interesting topic, here's a useful chart: {{ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-driving_car#Levels_of_driving_automation }} Supposedly there are no level-3 street-legal cars in the U.S. yet. Honda and Mercedes have both been approved for level-3. Mercedes is expected to be available in the first half of 2022. (Not sure about Honda's.) All currently available in the U.S. are level-2, including even GM's highly-praised Super Cruise system and Tesla's inappropriately-named Full Self-Driving system. Since Honda and GM are working together, expect them to release level-3 no more than a year apart. GM and Honda have also sought regulatory approval for a vehicle with no steering wheel. Wow! They're doing well, and I'm happy to see GM partnered with other companies in the attempt to be at the forefront of this useful safety technology. Toyota is road-testing a level-4 system in Japan. Not approved yet, don't expect availability before next year at the very earliest.
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Yes. There would probably be less accidents.
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IMHO, we will have less accidents when cars use their radar, cameras and autopilot.
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